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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By AmbroseBierce

833 The Bride

“YOU know, my friends, with what a brave carouse

I made a second marriage in my house,—

Divorced old barren Reason from my bed

And took the Daughter of the Vine to spouse.”

So sang the Lord of Poets. In a gleam

Of light that made her like an angel seem,

The Daughter of the Vine said: “I myself

Am Reason, and the Other was a Dream.”